Washington imposes new sanctions on Taliban

“Today I am announcing visa restrictions (…) on current and former members of the Taliban and others responsible for the oppression of women and girls in Afghanistan (…) (…),” he said. Secretary of State Anthony. Blink on International Girl’s Day.

For a year, Afghanistan has been “the only country in the world where girls are systematically excluded from school after sixth grade,” he said, adding that there was no improvement in sight.

After taking power in August 2021, the Taliban promised a more moderate approach than during their reign between 1996 and 2001. In recent months, however, the rights of women and girls in particular have been severely curtailed.

A suicide bombing in the women’s section of an education center in Kabul in late September killed at least 43 people, most of them young women preparing for an exam.

(AFP)

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